[Az-Geocaching] survey of sorts...
Regan Smith
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:03:24 -0700
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Here are my answers:
1) How did you get introduced to Geo Caching?
From a scubadiving website
2) How long have you been a Geo Cacher?
Not long enough since May 2002
3) What is your present GPS'r?
Magellan 315
a) What was your first GPS'r?
Magellan Trailblazer XL 1994
b) How many units have you owned?
Three
c) What unit(s) would you recommend to new cachers?
Uh Magellan
4) How long did it take to locate your first cache?
2 minutes counting the walk from the truck
5) What has been your most memorable cache?
each has its own unique story
a) Why?
I think it was the talk I had with that lizzard on Silly =
Mountian
6) What has been your least favorite cache?
The ones I lost blood at
a) Why?
They left physical scars
7) What factors dictate which cache you go looking for?
Location, Location,Location, and rating.
8) How many other Geo Cachers have you met while on a caching hunt?
Three different groups all very nice
9) Has that meeting changed the way you cache?
Yes=20
10) When unable to locate a cache how long do you search?
my rule is 20 minutes =20
a) How many attempts before logging a no-find?
3=20
b) Do you contact the cache owner for help?
Yes
c) Do you ask other cachers for help?=20
When we can
11) When driving around are you tempted to go and look again at =
caches you have found before?
Yes =20
12) What has been the best trinket in a cache?
The one the will be left as a White Elephant
13) What has been the worst trinket in a cache?
Used golf balls =20
14) Do you leave a signature item?
No
a) Are you considering your own?
Yes
b) Who has the most notable?
The Sand Dollar and the Business Card
15) When in a populated area waiting to retrieve a cache what things =
do you do to pass the time?
Sitting on a bench
a) While waiting what was the worst thing to have happen?
Having the sprinkler turned on
b) What has been the best thing?
found a quarter
16) Do you practice Cache in Trash out?
When possible
17) Your own question for others?
What if you get caught by someone?
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here are my answers:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>2) How long have =
you been a Geo=20
Cacher?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Not long enough =
since May=20
2002</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>3) What is your =
present=20
GPS'r?</FONT></DIV>
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Magellan=20
315</FONT></DIV>
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a) What=20
was your first GPS'r?</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2> <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Magellan Trailblazer XL =
1994</FONT><BR> b)=20
How many units have you owned?</FONT></DIV>
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Three</FONT></DIV>
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c) What=20
unit(s) would you recommend to new cachers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
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Uh Magellan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>4) How long did it =
take to locate=20
your first cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
=20
2 minutes counting the walk from the =
truck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>5) What has been =
your most=20
memorable cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2> each=20
has its own unique story</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> =
a)=20
Why?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
I think=20
it was the talk I had with that lizzard on Silly =
Mountian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>6) What has been =
your least=20
favorite cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
=20
The ones I lost blood at</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> =
a)=20
Why?</FONT></DIV>
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They left physical scars</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>7) What factors =
dictate which=20
cache you go looking for?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
Location,=20
Location,Location, and rating.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>8) How many other =
Geo Cachers=20
have you met while on a caching hunt?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> <FONT=20
color=3D#000000> Three different groups all very=20
nice</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>9) Has that meeting =
changed the=20
way you cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2><FONT=20
color=3D#000000> Yes </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>10) When unable to =
locate a cache=20
how long do you search?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2><FONT=20
color=3D#000000> my rule is 20 =
minutes</FONT> =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> =
a) How many=20
attempts before logging a no-find?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
3=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> =
b) Do you=20
contact the cache owner for help?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
=20
Yes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <FONT =
color=3D#ff0000> c) Do=20
you ask other cachers for help?</FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
When we=20
can</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>11) When driving =
around are you=20
tempted to go and look again at caches you have found =
before?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2><FONT=20
color=3D#000000> =20
Yes</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>12) What has been =
the best=20
trinket in a cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
The one=20
the will be left as a White Elephant</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>13) What has been =
the worst=20
trinket in a cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 =
size=3D2> =20
<FONT color=3D#000000>Used golf =
balls</FONT></FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000=20
=
size=3D2> =20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>14) Do you leave a =
signature=20
item?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
=20
No</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <FONT =
color=3D#ff0000>a) Are=20
you considering your own?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
=20
Yes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> =
b) Who has the=20
most notable?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
The Sand=20
Dollar and the Business Card</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>15) When in a =
populated area=20
waiting to retrieve a cache what things do you do to pass the=20
time?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
Sitting=20
on a bench</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> =
a) While=20
waiting what was the worst thing to have happen?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
Having=20
the sprinkler turned on</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2> =
b) What has=20
been the best thing?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
found a=20
quarter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>16) Do you =
practice Cache in=20
Trash out?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
When=20
possible</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>17) Your own =
question for=20
others?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000=20
size=3D2> <FONT =
color=3D#000000>What=20
if you get caught by someone?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> =
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